| Thomas More's Cilice | |
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Origin |
Thomas More |
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Type |
Coarse Undershirt |
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Effects |
Makes surroundings behave more efficiently resembling an idealized status |
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Downsides |
Refutes separation by forcibly bringing oneness |
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Activation |
Speaking/Writing English and Latin |
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Collected by |
Warehouse 11 |
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Section |
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Aisle |
929943-509 |
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Shelf |
237954-6482-489 |
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Date of Collection |
June 27, 1695 |
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Origin[]
Sir Thomas More (7 February 1478 – 6 July 1535) was an English lawyer, judge, social philosopher, author, statesman, and noted Renaissance humanist. He also served Henry VIII as Lord High Chancellor of England from October 1529 to May 1532. He wrote Utopia, published in 1516, which describes the political system of an imaginary island state. Utopia contrasts the contentious social life of European states with the perfectly orderly, reasonable social arrangements of Utopia. In Utopia, there are no lawyers because of the laws' simplicity and because social gatherings are in public view (encouraging participants to behave well), communal ownership supplants private property, men and women are educated alike, and there is almost complete religious toleration (except for atheists, who are allowed but despised).
More opposed the Protestant Reformation, directing polemics against the theology of Martin Luther, Huldrych Zwingli and William Tyndale. More also opposed Henry VIII's separation from the Catholic Church, refusing to acknowledge Henry as supreme head of the Church of England and the annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon. After refusing to take the Oath of Supremacy, he was convicted of treason on what he claimed was false evidence, and executed. On his execution, he was reported to have said: "I die the King's good servant, and God's first".
Effects[]
Turns the surroundings into an idealized or utopian version of itself. Does this by reducing difficulties that cause systemic problems, such as medical access, financial wealth or social hierarchy. Changes can be minimal or revolutionary in scope.
Despises the separation of ideas to a tee. Will try to merge things or concepts together into a singular understanding without difference between another. Anything that splits off such as individuals or groups are forcibly tethered back to keep everything whole without distinction.